Manzana is about passion. We dream of making music that can be felt in your ass, in your throat, in your feet. Music that makes your head explode with energy, love end power. Music that makes you strong and proud. That´s how we wanna feel. Manzana means an apple. It´s fresh, sour ,juicy, fleshy. It feeds hunger. We are about passion and lust for life and music. We play cause we wanna play. We make 90´s melodic rockmetal. Again. We don´t care. As long as it feels right. To make the long story short, with or without music- we´d be in gutter. There´s nothing to loose. For you either!
Manzana means an apple. Forbidden, delicious, nutritious. fresh, tasty….
A Manzana a day keeps the doctor away!
Manzana is a pop-metal band from Tampere, Finland. The four of them have known each other for years, and feed musically from the 90´s grunge-alt-metal heritage. They make music that is dramatic, elastic, melodic and strong. The band came to life in the summer 2003, by Henkka, Heikki and Piritta. Ville joined the band a year later, and fit in perfectly. They played a bunch of gigs to test themselves, and released a promo EP “Nothing a Whole As A Broken Heart” in the summer 2005. Feedback was very good, and some labels were interested in signing them, but they didn’t get a good enough deal with anyone. They decided to make an album with their own TRC-Records label.
“Falling to Pieces” was released by TRC November 6 th 2006, and it hit the charts number 3 and 2. The Album “Nothing As Whole As A Broken Heart” came out on January 31st. 2007 and went on chart number 24. They also released a video for “Falling To Pieces” in February, and it went into Kids Top 20 video chart number 13 ,The album has been well and widely reviewed in the media, and “Falling To Pieces “has got some airplay in Finnish radios and TV.
The band has a reputation of intensive and groovy live performer, and they have a heavy live sound for a pop-metal band. The band has visited this year with interview &video at the Sub Tv Shows Rautaryhmä and Subbari, Lista-show( video only ), MTV 3 Kids Top Show, Voice Tv and Music Television Headbangers Ball. They´ve also attended at Yle X and Pommiradio. Small net radios have played “Falling To Pieces” in many countries, due to the bands My Space connections.
In Finland, www.noise.fi and pommiradio.fi were playing Manzana a long before the others, and now RadioRock took” Falling To Pieces” on their playlist, too .
Pop in and have a bite! (source: www.manzana.fi)
Members:
Piritta - vocals
Henkka W. - guitar
Klaus Wirzenius- bass
Heikki Malmberg - drums
Discography
Nothing As Whole As A Broken Heart 2007
Babies of Revoulution 2008
Label: Dynamic Art Records
Official website: http://www.manzana.fi
German website: http://ww.blackswan-promotions.de
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Maryslim (SWE)
MARYSLIM has been around since 1999. The year that also involved the Kosovo war, one of the largest drug busts ever in American history, the assassination of moderate Iraqi Shiite cleric Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr, an earthquake in Turkey who killed 13 000 people, etc. If all these things had something in common whatsoever is to this day unknown.
KENT was getting quite tired of playing with the Diamond Dogs, Mats was bored to death with mostly everything and Urrke-T had just moved to Stockholm partying his way through all the sloppy bars and afterparties he could find. On one of these cheezy events these three amigos met and before they even knew they had a band going together.
THE DRUMMER though was a slight problem. The guy they had at the time was from Germany and could unfortunately not either make himself understood or play the drums properly. Urrke-T knew what he had to do. He called his old partner in crime - Patrik - a good drummer with a history as a session Jazz-musician.
AFTER an initial audition it was all clear! Rehearsals started and the guys played around with silly names as The Redliners and Smacker, but finally settled for the silliest one MARYSLIM!
MARYSLIM is a constantly touring band. If they are not making the Festivals into infernos and a battlefield, or hi-jacking some vehicle to take them to some stages and bars elsewhere in Scandinavia, they are probably rocking their butts off at the CBGBs in New York, the Red Room in Texas, or conquering Spain, Italy, Germany, England or some other little European country you hardly have heard of before. On their own, or together with their friends in bands like the Hanoi Rocks, 69 Eyes, Backyard Babies, Hybrid Children, Nomads, Sahara Hotnights, Wonderfools, Psychopunch, Marky Ramone, Black Halos or Mustasch!
THE LATEST ALBUM "A PEFECT MESS" was recorded in the famous Abyss Studio with producer Peter Tagtgren (Pain, Hypocrisy, Dark Funeral, Wolf). A winning concept since the "Split Vision" album. MARYSLIM are one of the very few Rock N Roll-bands that Mr Tagtgren works with and he have formerly only worked with different Metal-acts, and the Maryslim-
sound has once again really been taken for a ride to a new level and dimension! "A PERFECT MESS" is released in Scandinavia February 2007 and the rest of Europe in March 2007 on Wild Kingdom Records! The album was also preceeded by a single and a video. A totally incredible version of The Sisters Of Mercy´s classic "This Corrosion", with nobody less than Mr JYRKI69 of the 69EYES himself on the lead vocals! You have by now both seen it and heard it. A f****n KILLER!
ALL THE MARYSLIM VIDEOS: "THIS CORROSION", "B.T.L." and "MY TIME" has been filmed and directed by Charlie Granberg, who is also known for his videos with The Solution, Crucified Barbara, Gemini Five, Hellfueled, MyDyingBride, Katatonia, etc
MARYSLIM has their very own sound. Subtle, hard & heavy Rock & Roll, crammed with melodic choruses. The band has been described as "a splendid mix of mid-70s Hardrock and Punk, spiced up with some The Cult-sounds, heavy AC/DC riffing and catchy Foo Fighters-vibes"!
That is probably true, but can be said more easily: Its only Rock N Roll, but we like it!
Band members
Mats MF Olsson — vocal, guitar
Kent Axén — guitar
Patrik Jansson — drums
Urrke T - bass (has left band in March 2008)
Full length albums
2001 Maryslim
2002 Live n' loaded
2004 Split Vision
2007 A Perfect Mess
Singles and EP's
2001 Nothing in common
2001 Quite intoxicated
2004 B.T.L.
2005 My Time EP
Official website: http://www.maryslim.com
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Midnattsol (GER/NOR)
Midnattsol is a Symphonic metal and folk metal band from Germany and Norway.
Their sound is essentially Symphonic metal, with some folk influences in the melodies. Their lyrics are largely based on Norwegian folk tales. Their first full-length album, Where Twilight Dwells, was released in 2005; they are expecting to release a new album in the first half of 2007.
Midnattsol means "midnight sun" in Norwegian. Although their sound can be classified as Symphonic metal, the band prefers to call their style "Nordic folk metal" because of the folk elements in their music and occasional Norwegian lyrics.
Guitarists Daniel Droste and Christian Hector recently joined forces with Stephan Adolph to form Ahab, a German funeral doom band.
Chris Merzinsky and Birgit Öllbrunner are also playing in the band Raw Intense Power
Members
Carmen Elise Espenæs (younger sister of Liv Kristine Espenæs of Leaves' Eyes and ex-Theatre of Tragedy) (vocalist)
Birgit Öllbrunner (Raw Intense Power, ex-Commander) (bassist)
Chris Merzinsky (Raw Intense Power, Ahab(only live), ex-Into Darkness and ex-Penetralia) (drummer)
Daniel Fischer (ex-Penetralia) (keyboard)
Daniel Droste (Ahab, ex-Penetralia) (guitarist)
Christian Hector (Ahab, ex-Penetralia) (guitarist)
Discography
Midnattsol (Demo) - 2003
Where Twilight Dwells- 2005
Nordlys- 2008
Official Website: http://www.midnattsol.com
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Mortiis (NOR)
Mortiis (born as Håvard Ellefsen on July 25, 1975 in Notodden, Norway), is a Norwegian musician. During his career he has created music that falls into the black metal, dark ambient, and, most recently, industrial rock genres of music. The name is a misspelling of the word 'mortis', which is the pronunciation Mortiis himself uses though how one pronounces his name varies from person to person.
Era I
The title of Era I was never intentional. It came about in 2001 when Mortiis was set to release The Smell of Rain, which was such a departure from his earlier records that he wanted to brand it in a way to signify this. All works previous to The Smell of Rain were thereafter referred to as Era I as consequence. All of the Era I albums were composed entirely on synthesizers, creating a sound that Mortiis described as "dark dungeon music." The Stargate went a step further by introducing acoustic guitars and flutes, among others; Female vocals were provided by Sarah Jezebel Deva. Era II
created a divide among fans; the songs this time had an electropop feel to them, and frontman Håvard took to lead vocals for the first time. This would be the only release under the title of Era II. Some fans thought Mortiis had betrayed them as they were expecting what many had nicknamed "The Stargate II". It was during this 'era' that Håvard decided he needed to seek members to perform in a live setting, which later helped change how Mortiis as a band sounded. Era III
With Era III came The Grudge, which took an even more drastic turn from previous eras and is said to have made the biggest impression of any of his albums. The Grudge took on a heavy industrial rock emphasis, combining grinding guitars and industrial programming. Some of the long time fans were again not too happy with this turn, but it helped gain Mortiis more new fans. In 2005 the Norwegian government declared The Grudge as a cultural artifact, requiring the album to be in libraries across the country.
On April 16, 2007 Mortiis released a remix album titled Some Kind of Heroin, reworking material from The Grudge, via Earache Records. "Some Kind of Heroin" offers diverse remix material including interpretations by a wide range of contemporaries, such as Zombie Girl, Gothminister, Implant, XP8, PIG, The Kovenant, Velvet Acid Christ, Girls Under Glass, David Wallace, Kubrick, Flesh Field, Dope Stars Inc, In the Nursery among others. The choice of bands suggested a more Electro-industrial future for Mortiis, but this wasn't the case.
Mortiis is working alongside Rhys Fulber for his latest album (working title: Road to Ruin), with working track titles such as "The Great Deceiver", "Zeitgeist", "The Ugly Truth", and "Scolding the Burnt". It's not yet known whether Mortiis will further this as Era IV, as he has said it would have greater emphasis on 'organic' instruments (guitar), or if it will remain as Era III.
Members
Mortiis as a band was formed shortly after the release of The Smell of Rain. The line-up consists of the following:Håvard Ellefsen (also known as Mortiis) - lead vocals, programming, mixing
Leo Troy - drums
Levi Gawrond - bass guitar, programming, mixing
Gawrock Trøite - guitar, programming, mixing Ogee - live guitar
Former Members
Leo Troy - Drums (2001-2007) Åsmund Sveinnungard - Guitar (2001-2005) Jostein Pendragon - Guitar (one show in 2003) Christopher Amott - Guitar (session guitarist for "Smell of Rain") Endre Tonnesen - Bass (session bass guitarist for "The Grudge") Anund „Mortal“ Grini - Guitar (2001-2002)
Official Website: http://www.mortiis.com/
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